Lady ardilaun

Transept

Like many churches, All Saints’ is built in a cross-shaped plan. The north transept is closed off by the organ and is used for storage, but the south transept is open. The windows in the southern wall depict two angels, one with a censor and one with a golden trumpet, as described in the Book of Revelation, chapters 8 and 11. These were not made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne but by a Dublin studio, An Túr Gloine, and designed by the Irish artist Ethel Rhind; they were donated to the church in 1917 by Lady Ardilaun in memory of her husband. There are also two armorial windows showing the Ardilaun and Bantry coats of arms. If you look back towards the north transept you can see that it too has a stained glass window, but it is largely hidden behind the pipes of the organ. 

There are two doors out of the transept – the large door to exit the church on the right, and a small door on the left. Take the door on the left to go into the mortuary chapel.

All Saints' Church, Raheny
  1. Welcome
  2. Historical introduction: the building of All Saints’ Raheny
  3. The exterior of the church
  4. Tower and porch
  5. West window
  6. Baptistry and font
  7. Pulpit
  8. Two organs
  9. The chancel
  10. Transept
  11. Mortuary chapel
  12. Crypt and columbarium
  13. Bishop Plunket’s grave
  14. The Garden of Remembrance